diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4c4187c0e1de..9a3f6b90e628 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static int queue_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		nid = page_to_nid(page);
 		if (node_isset(nid, *qp->nmask) == !!(flags & MPOL_MF_INVERT))
 			continue;
-		if (PageTail(page) && PageAnon(page)) {
+		if (PageTransCompound(page) && PageAnon(page)) {
 			get_page(page);
 			pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 			lock_page(page);